Dinesh Kumar (boxer)

{{short description|Indian boxer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 August 1988}}

| birth_place = Bhiwani, Haryana, India

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{{MedalSport | Men's boxing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Guangzhou|Light heavyweight}}

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Dinesh Kumar (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight. He is coached by Jagdish Singh.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/dinesh-kumar-1.html Dinesh Kumar]. sports-reference.com

At the first Olympic qualifier he lost to Zhang Xiaoping 7:25, at the second he KOd two fighters to qualify even though he lost the final to Mehdi Ghorbani. In Beijing he lost his first bout against Algerian Abdelhafid Benchabla.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}